Christianity & Science...friends again?

I recently read a book that is really messing with my mind - called God at the Speed of Light by Dr. T. Lee Baumann, MD (no relation ok?). Anyway, he uses a lot of technical jargon to show how the sciences are rediscovering the mystery of matter and especially light and how it works. The concept of light behaving differently when viewed or observed is stunning...blows my mind! The one thing I still wonder is where or not Dr. Baumann sees God as PART of the creation, or God being intimately invovled but completely INDEPENDENT of creation...? Either way, the read was pretty curious and, yes, a bit exciting because I do think that science and spirituality are all part of God's truth.

Christ The Lord - at least it ends well...

I just finished a book that has been on my night stand for a few months...Anne Rice's Christ the Lord. It is a fictional story about Jesus's childhood with much liberty taken and much apocrphyal info added...thanks Gospel of Thomas, eh? Why was it on my night stand for that long? Well, it just wasn't that compelling. The story lacked passion. I did, however, enjoy the wrap up where Mary finally reveals his birth and his real identity...that was cool. Too bad it took 300 pages to get there...

I'm not giving up on Rice though - maybe I should read her other stuff - the vampire stuff? Not enough time in the day...

Wonder Struck

I have been rereading a book called Your God is Too Safe by Mark Buchanan and I ran across something that really spoke to me. Buchanan writes of the need for us to let the Bible, and God, be a bit mysterious and awe-inspiring rather that cold, meticulous, safe and comfortable. Rathern than disect everything to death, we do well to let God's truth be discovered in the story and in the wonder. He writes on page 60, "The worst consequence of losing our imagination, our wonder, is that we no longer see the Christward life as an adventure. We see it as a duty, a chore, a list of dos, don'ts, and how-tos...the stories we read in Acts about the church 'turning the world on its head' (Acts 17:6) - well, what would that kind of thing do to our tax-exempt status?'" We could really do our community, our church and our families a great justice by getting ourselves wonder struck! Well said Mark!

Generation EX Resource

Many people have asked me about the book I recently read about adult children of divorce called "Generation EX"...here is a link to order the book:

http://www.familylife.com/1-800-358-6329/detail.asp?id=10050&p=&c=&g=

Generation EX

I recently spoke at my church (Common Ground Church) on the touchy subject of divorce, and, specifically, being an adult child of divorce. Since that message, I've had a lot of people comment about their experiences and how they believe divorce has effected them. I am beginning to notice that kids of divorce who find and commit to following Jesus seem to be working through life better than those who do not have a relationship with Christ. God's power not only can create something (like Earth!) from nothing, it can also heal brokeness from divorce. I've been reading through the Psalms and finding comfort from phrases about God healing brokeness, protecting His children and defending those who love Him from all kinds of evil. There is a God who cares about what we care about! He cares about what is hurting us! Pslam 55:22 says, "Cast your burden upon the Lord and He will sustain you; He will never let teh righteous be shaken."